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BY TERRY POPE I
Brunswick County Board of Educa- i
tion members tabled a discussion on
creating an educational foundation 1
Monday night after questions were
I raised as to wno would control the
purse strings.
School Superintendent Gene Yarbrough
requested that the board
establish a Brunswick County Educational
Foundation to "receive funds
and finance certain programs and
projects within the school system."
However, board members instructed
Yarbrough to come up with criteria
for receiving and awarding the
donated funds before the board's
nest meeting on Jan. 21.
Yarbrough also requested that two
board members be chosen to sit on a
committee to name members to the
foundation. Board member Jane
Causey then questioned who would be
given the power to approve projects
School Boon
(BY TERRY POPE
Following a 45-minute executive
I session Monday night, the Brunswick
County Board of Education
unanimously promoted Ms. Stephanna
Tewey to assistant superintendent
in charge of personnel.
Ms. Tewey. 49. of l.ong Beach, has
worked for the school system for
seven years, serving six of those as
director of programs for exceptional
children. She wiii join iwo other
assistants on Superintendent Gene
IYarbrough's staff?Ed l-emon, in
charge of curriculum, and P.R.
Hankins, in charge of federal programs.
BAH three assistants will earn a
local supplement of $5,500 a year plus
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Three Winston-Salem men convicted
in 1363 On uiug trafficking
charges in Brunswick County will appeal
their $3,000 fines during u
Superior Court session Feb. 11.
The three were among 18 who were
arrested in the 1980 DC-4 drug smuggling
attempt at the Brunswick Counts
Airport Kevin Wilhersiyjen, 23
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Drother Reginald, 27, and Jerry
Wallace, 23. were charged with six
| counts of conspiracy and trafficking
ion July 31, 1980, after sheriff's
deputies seized the plane loaded with
more than 9,300 pounds of marijuana.
fn a plea bargain agreement with
District Attorney Michael Easley,
the men pleaded guilty to one count
of conspiracy to traffic by transporting
more than 2,(MO pounds, but less
than 10,000 pounds of marijuana.
Since they served as state's
witnesses against the men accused of
being leaders in the drug conspiracy,
Easley said he recommended lighter
cpntpni'fic ftir th*? mor.
I All three were given a three-year
prison sentence, suspended for all
hut six monlhst ?rul finwj $3,000 csch.
They could have been sentenced up to
Sex Charges
Against Sha!
Charges of first-degree sexual offense
and taking indecent liberties
with a child were dismissed against a
Shaiiocte man during a probable
I cause hearing in Brunswick County
District Criminal Court Monday morning.
Bradley W Ward, 22, was accused
of sexually assaulting his eight-yearIoid
nepnew at uie cnua s nome m
Shallotte on Dec. 18.
Following tne boy's testimony in
court Monday, Judge Jerry A. Jollyruled
no probable cause existed on
the charges. Ward was arrested on
cftarges tiled oy tsrunswicx county
Sheriff's Deputy Nancy Simpson and
was being held in the Brunswick
County Jail.
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Financed by tlie foundation if there
are two boards governing the funds.
"This board (school board) would
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covuuuoii nnai wivj niaj anu niaj Iiui
fund," Yarbroiigh said. "The foundation
would accept and distribute the
funds, but the school board would
develop a criteria to determine how
they would do that."
Yarbrough said there are six
school systems out of 134 in the state
that have educational foundations to
help finance school programs. Money
from the donations could be used for
"almost any project, primarily of the
curriculum nature," he said.
"It allows the community to participate
in the school system in a way
that is not open to them now," he added.
"It's fairly common in colleges
and universities and less common 011
a school basis."
Many industries and businesses
prefer to make donations to foundations
rather than to school systems to
d Hires Third
year. At a meeting in August, the
previous board approved a motion
that would allow all assistants to
receive the same pay and also be
awarded contracts to expire June 30,
1987, the date Yarbrough's contract
aiso expires.
Ms. Tewey began her career in
education teaching primary and
junior high school grades in her
native sunt' 01 Micnigan. f rom
there. 'h" iniipht at schools in
Wisconsin and Maryland, where she
was named special education supervisor
of Prince George's County.
In 1977, she became education program
specialist on the Council for
Exceptional Children in Reston, Va.
She was named resource teacher at
Waecamaw Elementary' School in
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90 years in prison and been fined up
to $150,000 each if convicted on al!
charges facing them.
Easlcy now says ho wtU,"inost
definitely" oppose any waiver of
fines the men are seeking. In a motion
filed by their attorney, i-arry F.
Habegger, the men labeled their
fines as "overly burdensome" and
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the fine of another man with the
same involvement in the smuggling
attempt.
Since serving their six-month
terms, all three defendants have remained
on probation while working
jobs that pay minimum wages,
Habegger stated in the motion. The
men will remain on probation for five
years.
Easlcy said Tuesday he felt $3,000
is not burdensome for any drug
defendant to have to pay. Unless a
Judge rules otherwise, the money will
go to the Brunswick County Schools,
he said.
"Generally, payment of the fines is
set at the discretion of their probation
officer," Easley said. "I don't
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In court Monday, the boy's mother
testified that her son told her that
Ward had sexually assaulted him and
hurt him "a little bit". She said iter
son also told some people thai he was
assauilea, out torn otncrs tnat
nothing had happened
When questioned by Assistant
District Attorney Wanda Bry ant, the
uuy uviueti thai nr'arti iia'i ever iiurt
him. He told Ms. Bryant that Ward
had shared a bed with him one night.
After the mother's testimony,
ward s defense attorney, David Korfl
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dismiss the charges, saying "the
state's only eyewitness has denied
that a hapfened."
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Salnry Scale Needed
Board members also delayed until
their Feb. 4 meeting a discussion on a
study presented by School Finance
Officer Samuel Adcock Monday night
that shows between 10 and 15 percent
of the county's 335 "non-certified
employees" are underpaid.
Non-certified employees within the
school system include teacher's
aides, office personnel, school
cafeteria workers, custodians and
maintenance and school bus garage
employees.
In his extensive report to the
board, Adcock said the underpaid
employees should be placed on a
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resolve "salary inequities." That
would assure the school system thai
all persons performing the same
duties would receive the same pay,
he said.
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STEPHANNA TEWEY
1978 where she taught for one yen
before being promoted to director c
programs for exceptional children.
As assistant superintendent, M;
Tewey will be responsible for mail
taining personnel files, conductin
interviews and recommending to th
school board applicants for hiring.
As a consultant 011 special educi
tion needs, Ms Tewey served Ihri
years on the N.C. State Committc
for the Prevention of Child Abuse an
Neglect and testified in the stat
legislatuie for the Conunission 0
Children with Special Needs.
She received a bachelor's degree i
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"I'm not suggesting that any
salaries tie cut at all," Adeock said.
"We are suuaestina that we eet all
employees on a salary' scale."
To eliminate salary inequities may
cost the school system an additional
$124,000 per year in salaries if
everyone is brought up to the recommended
level. Adcock said. He took
reports of what Brunswick County
non-certified employees earn and
compared them to what the State
Department of Public Instruction
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salary levels for the jobs.
Adcock recommended the school
board accept his findings and begin
granting pay increases for the underpaid
employees during the next couple
of years. It may take a few years
to allow the budget to absorb a
$124,000 increase, he added.
Proposals Received
The board also tabled discussion on
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Nazareth, Mich., and a master's
degree from fieorge Washington
University in Washington, D.C.
In other personnel-related matters
1 Monday night, the board agreed to
| advertise for two positions?a
replacement for Ms. Tewey and an
assistant principal's position at Lincoln
Primary School. Board member
James Clemmons was principal at
Lincoln betore retiring in December
to take his seat on the board. Assistant
Joesph Butler wus then promoted
ts ;-"nrioal.
The board also accepted the
retirements of Thomas Brown,
school bus transportation supervisor,
I ant! June Stokoe, a kindergarten instructor
at Southport Elementary, effective
at the end of the school year.
Hired by the board were the followi
ing: Patricia Ward, Chapter 1 superi
visor; Albert Dawson, vocational
education, Iceland Middle; Cynthia
Jackson, kindergarten (interim).
Union; Denise Medlin-Hobbs, Unr
coin Primary (interim); Roberta
if Thompson, New Model Me, South
Brunswick High; Anthony Price,
' teacher aide, Shallottc Middle; and
>- central office employees Sherry
K Dove, personnel secretary; Ruth
e Kinley, receptionist; Slioltu Stanley,
secretary,"Vocational education and
J- community education.
''' The hoard accepted the realisation
;c of William Ehlen, New Model Me in I
3trurtor at South Brunswick llich,
c and leaves of absence from Elizabeth
n Crawford, special education instructor
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night. The new school hoard held an o
Included n 45-minute executive ses
superintendent.
several energy-management proposals
submitted by A.E. I<eUlanc of
Rnleigb. Johnson Controls of Wilmington,
and Carefree Systems Inc.
All three companies were invited to
submit bids for installing energy conservation
systems at the county
schools that would reduce utility hills
and energy usage.
At the present rate, ttie schools
spend up to $859,000 n year on utility
bills, Yarbrough said. That figure Is
expected to rise above It million a
year in the next couple of years, he
added.
Computer-regulated equipment
could produce energy savings up to
$120,000 a year for the schools, Adcock
said. Payment for tire systems
would come from the schools'
guaranteed savings under the
systems.
"It's almost a no-lose proposition,"
Yarbrough said. "These companies
are confident they can produce savings."
However, only one school system in
the state has Installed energy-saving
devices within their system, Yarbrough
said.
"I'd hate to be number two," board
member James Cleinmons said.
Clemmons recommended checking
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before accepting o proposal.
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Other Business
In other business, the board:
Agreed to consider at Its next
meeting u recommendation from
Supply resident Hurley Evans to stop
charging user fees of $65 per hour
plus custodial expenses for public use
nf thi* school htiilfjinus. Kyurw
the "exorbitant fees" prevent certain
groups i c:r. s^tra? the buildings.
Heard an u|>dntc on the recover;
of funds from Hurricane Diana from
Assistant Superintendent P.R
Hankins. Hankins said the board
received In reimbursements $9,832 of .
a requested $11,000 from the Red
Cross and $11,424.89 of a requested
$10,761.69 from insurance companies
There Ls still no word on requests for
$16,253.33 from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
and $22,159 in state disaster relief
funds disbursed by the State Department
of Education. Yarbruugh was
designated us official ugent for the
nchooi txMird to continue seeking
i federal funds ithufcr'm''Disaster
Relief Act.
Approved class trips by a South
Brunswick High School group to
France on April 6-15, anil by Sluillotte
Middle School seventh ami eighth
grade students March 8-10 to Fpcot
Cciticr at Waii Disney World in
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